It is not a good day to be in the Sony PlayStation 3 security department, as a new nightmare hack has apparently been released for the PS3. This time around it will feature custom PS3 firmware, along with publication of the LV0 decryption keys, which some in the hacking community speculate blows the entire system wide open for more hacking and development.

We have seen a number of PS3 hacks since the system’s release and we have seen Sony’s attempts at plugging the holes, which have met with mixed results. The fact that the LV0 decryption keys have been released presents a serious problem for Sony, as this means that the 4.30 update can be decrypted with no problem.

Sony’s options to battle these developments are limited. We do expect Sony to respond quickly, but they will want to think about what is the best way to deal with this latest hack.

Symantec is talking rubbish when it claimed that a flaw on Facebook was giving personal data to advertisers. Symantec claimed that keys which would have given advertisers access to Facebook accounts were being accidentally shipped to them.

The insecurity outfit admitted that the advertisers probably did not know that Facebook had given them such powers. However Facebook trashed the comment saying that it appreciated Symantec raising this issue and that they worked with them to address it immediately.

But the whole thing was pretty silly. The keys expired after two hours and no private information could have been passed to third parties. Facebook added that there were contractual obligations of advertisers and developers, which prohibit them from obtaining or sharing user information in a way that violates Facebook policies.

Facebook denied there was any security scare and people should not be worried. However it has fixed that particular problem, just in case anyone was spooked.